fair chance

/fɛər tʃæns/
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Other forms: fair chances

Definitions of fair chance
  1. noun
    a reasonable probability of success
    synonyms: sporting chance
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    type of:
    chance, probability
    a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
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